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Escape for your life!
Escape for your life!
Genesis 19:14-17Genesis 19:14-17
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I shouldn’t be here!I shouldn’t be here!
What did you do?“It’s too late now”“Just this once will be OK”Flee like Joseph? Did you use
your way of escape? (1 Cor. 10:13)
What put you in that position in the first place? (1 Cor. 10:12)
What did you do?“It’s too late now”“Just this once will be OK”Flee like Joseph? Did you use
your way of escape? (1 Cor. 10:13)
What put you in that position in the first place? (1 Cor. 10:12)
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The Example of LotThe Example of Lot
How the influences of the world can draw us into sinful situationsSodom, Gen. 13:13; 18:32; 19:15-16
Lot needed to escape the influences that led him into the awful situation in which he found himself
How the influences of the world can draw us into sinful situationsSodom, Gen. 13:13; 18:32; 19:15-16
Lot needed to escape the influences that led him into the awful situation in which he found himself
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Escape Materialism (13:8-13) Escape Materialism (13:8-13) Selfishness cost him dearly, Gen. 13:10-11; 2 Pet. 2:7-8 (19:30-38)
Lust for material gain always causes loss, Heb. 13:5; Mal. 3:8-10
Christians driven by giving, not getting, Luke 6:38; 2 Cor. 9:6-8 (Acts 20:35)
Selfishness cost him dearly, Gen. 13:10-11; 2 Pet. 2:7-8 (19:30-38)
Lust for material gain always causes loss, Heb. 13:5; Mal. 3:8-10
Christians driven by giving, not getting, Luke 6:38; 2 Cor. 9:6-8 (Acts 20:35)
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Light Regard of Sin (13:13) Light Regard of Sin (13:13) Lot chose to put himself and his
family into sinful surroundings, 1 Cor. 15:33; Eph. 5:11-12 (2 Pet. 2:7-8)Oppressed: Exhausted, troubled (v. 7)Vexed: “torture, torment, distress”
(v. 8)Lot was vexed, but not to the point
of leaving Sodom, 2 Pet. 2:8; 1 Tim. 6:11
Lot chose to put himself and his family into sinful surroundings, 1 Cor. 15:33; Eph. 5:11-12 (2 Pet. 2:7-8)Oppressed: Exhausted, troubled (v. 7)Vexed: “torture, torment, distress”
(v. 8)Lot was vexed, but not to the point
of leaving Sodom, 2 Pet. 2:8; 1 Tim. 6:11
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Light Regard of Sin (13:13) Light Regard of Sin (13:13) Lot was vexed, but not to the
point of leaving worldly entanglementsBusiness conditions, Gen. 13:10Standing in the community, 19:1Family ties, 19:14Must not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers, 2 Cor. 6:14
Lot was vexed, but not to the point of leaving worldly entanglementsBusiness conditions, Gen. 13:10Standing in the community, 19:1Family ties, 19:14Must not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers, 2 Cor. 6:14
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Light Regard of Sin (13:13) Light Regard of Sin (13:13) Lot was vexed, yet he had a false sense of security, Gen. 19:15-16Warned, yet lingered (1 Cor. 10:12)
Possessions, position, power, prestige and personal desires can all lead us into a false sense of security, Matt. 16:26 (cf. Obadiah 3)
Lot was vexed, yet he had a false sense of security, Gen. 19:15-16Warned, yet lingered (1 Cor. 10:12)
Possessions, position, power, prestige and personal desires can all lead us into a false sense of security, Matt. 16:26 (cf. Obadiah 3)
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Light Regard of Sin (13:13) Light Regard of Sin (13:13) Eventually destroyed his influence, Gen. 19:5-9, 14, 26, 32Applications: Lewdness, drinking and dancing (1 Pet. 4:3), immodest dress (1 Tim. 2:9-10), lying (Eph. 4:25)
Instead: Abhor evil (Rom. 12:9); Wake up (Rom. 13:11-14); Abstain (1 Ths. 5:21-22) so that → 1 Pet. 2:11-12
Eventually destroyed his influence, Gen. 19:5-9, 14, 26, 32Applications: Lewdness, drinking and dancing (1 Pet. 4:3), immodest dress (1 Tim. 2:9-10), lying (Eph. 4:25)
Instead: Abhor evil (Rom. 12:9); Wake up (Rom. 13:11-14); Abstain (1 Ths. 5:21-22) so that → 1 Pet. 2:11-12
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Indecision & Delay (19:16-17) Indecision & Delay (19:16-17) Many are lost because of indecision and delay, Acts 24:24-27; 2 Cor 6:2
Do not linger on threshold of sinAgainst God’s law, 1 Jno. 3:4 (5:17)
Doubtful engagement, Rom. 14:23Influences someone to stumble and sin, 1 Cor. 8:12-13
Willful refusal to do good, Jas. 4:17
Many are lost because of indecision and delay, Acts 24:24-27; 2 Cor 6:2
Do not linger on threshold of sinAgainst God’s law, 1 Jno. 3:4 (5:17)
Doubtful engagement, Rom. 14:23Influences someone to stumble and sin, 1 Cor. 8:12-13
Willful refusal to do good, Jas. 4:17
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Do not be deceived!Do not be deceived!
If allowed to do so, sin (sinners) will influence us, consume us and destroy our faith, 1 Cor. 15:33
Escape for your life! Gen. 19:17God will faithful save the obedient (19:29)
God will fully punish sinners (19:24-26)
If allowed to do so, sin (sinners) will influence us, consume us and destroy our faith, 1 Cor. 15:33
Escape for your life! Gen. 19:17God will faithful save the obedient (19:29)
God will fully punish sinners (19:24-26)
